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The twin paradox revisited. On their birthday, one twin gets on a moving sidewalk, which carries her out to star X at speed45c ; her twin brother stays home. When the traveling twin gets to star X, she immediately jumps onto the returning moving sidewalk and comes back to earth, again at speed 45c. She arrives on her 39th birthday (as determined by her watch).

(a) How old is her twin brother?

(b) How far away is star X? (Give your answer in light years.) Call the outbound sidewalk system Sand the inbound oneS (the earth system is S). All three systems choose their coordinates and set their master clocks such that x=x=x~=0,t=t=t~=0at the moment of departure.

(c) What are the coordinates ( x,t ) of the jump (from outbound to inbound sidewalk) in S?

(d) What are the coordinates role="math" localid="1650588001605">x,tof the jump in ?

(e) What are the coordinates role="math" localid="1650588044697">x~,t~ of the jump in ?

(f) If the traveling twin wants her watch to agree with the clock in S , how must she reset it immediately after the jump? What does her watch then read when she gets home? (This wouldn鈥檛 change her age, of course鈥攕he鈥檚 still 39鈥攊t would just make her watch agree with the standard synchronization in S.)

(g) If the traveling twin is asked the question, 鈥淗ow old is your brother right now?鈥, what is the correct reply (i) just before she makes the jump, (ii) just after she makes the jump? (Nothing dramatic happens to her brother during the split second between (i) and (ii), of course; what does change abruptly is his sister鈥檚 notion of what 鈥渞ight now, back home鈥 means.)

(h) How many earth years does the return trip take? Add this to (ii) from (g) to determine how old she expects him to be at their reunion. Compare your answer to (a).

Short Answer

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(a) The age of a twin brother is 51 .

(b) The distance of star X is 12 light years.

(c) The coordinates ( x,t ) of the jump is (12c,15) years.

(d) The coordinates x,tof the jump in Sis (0,9) years .

(e) The coordinatesx~,t~of the jump in S~is (40c, 41) years.

(f) The reading of a watch when she gets home is 50 years.

(g) (i) The age of a brother just before she makes the jump is 26.4years , and (ii) The age of a brother just after she makes the jump is 45.6 years.

(h) The time required to return back is 5.4 years, and the expected age of a brother at their reunion is 51 years .

Step by step solution

01

Expression for the time dilation

Write the expression for the time dilation.

Y=11-v2c2鈥︹ (1)

Here, v is the speed of a twin, and c is the speed of light.

02

Determine the age of the twin brother:

(a)

Substitute v=43in equation (1).

y=11-4252=11-1625=259=53

As the time duration of one twin between birthday and birthday is 18 years, the time elapsed with respect to her twin brother will be,

T=(18years)T=5318yearsT=30years

Hence, the age of a twin brother will be,

Age of a brother = 21 + 30 years

Age of a brother = 51 years

Therefore, the age of a twin brother is 51 years.

03

Determine the distance of star X.

(b)

Write the equation to calculate the distance of star X.

d=vt 鈥︹ (2)

Here, t is the time taken to reach star X, which is given as:

t=T2

Substitute T=30 years in the above expression.

t=302years=15years

role="math" localid="1650589350709">Substitutev=45candt=15yearsinequation(2)d=45c15yearsd=4c3yearsd=12lightyears.

Therefore, the distance of star X is 12 years.

04

Determine the coordinates (x,t) of the jump in S:

(c)

In frame S, write the x and t coordinates.

x = 12 light years = 12c years

t= 15 years

Hence, the coordinates will be,

(x,t) = (12c, 15) years

Therefore, the coordinates (x,t) of the jump is (12c,15) years.

05

Determine the coordinates(x¯,t¯) of the jump in S¯

(d)

The twin got on at the origin in S, and at the time of walking along the road on , she鈥檚 still at the origin, so, the xcoordinate will be,

x=0

Write the equation to calculate the tcoordinate.

t=t

Substitute t=15 years and =53in the above equation.

t=1553t=1535=9years

Hence, the coordinates will be,

x,t=(0,9)years

Therefore, the coordinates x,tof the jump in S is (0,9) years.

06

Determine the coordinates of the jump in :

(e)

Write the equation for the x~coordinate in the frameS~.

x~=(x+vt)Substitute12c=x,v=45c,=53andt15intheaboveequation.x~=5312c+45c(15)=53(12c+12c)=53(24c)=40lightyears

Write the equation for the t~coordinate in frame S~.

t~=t+(vc2)x

Substitute12c=x,v=45c,53andt=15intheaboveequationt~=5315+45cc2(12c)=53(15+45c1c212c)=53(15+485)onfurthersolving,t~=5375+485=531235=41years

Hence, the coordinates will be, (40c, 41) years

Therefore, the coordinates(x~,t)~of the jump in S~is (40c,41) years

07

Determine the reading of a watch when one twin gets home

(f)

Using the coordinate time from 9 years to 41 years, the return trip takes 32 years so, the timing in her watch when she gets home will be,

Time (when she gets home) = 41 years + 9 years

Time (When she gets home) = 50 years

Therefore, the reading of a watch when she gets home is 50 years .

08

Determine the age of a brother before and after a jump

(g)

(i)Just before she makes the jump:

Calculate the age of a brother just before she makes the jump.

t=tt=9years53t=5.4years

As he started walking on their 21stbirthday, i.e., at the age of 21 the age of a brother will be,

Age of the brother = (21 years)+(5.4 years)

Age of brother = 26.4 years

(ii)Just after she makes the jump:

Calculate the age of a brother just after she makes the jump.

t=tt=41years53t=(41years)35t=24.6years

As he started walking on their 21stbirthday, i.e., at the age of 21 , the age of a brother will be,

Age of a brother will be = (21 years) + (24.6 years)

Age of a brother = 45.6 years

Therefore, (i) the age of a brother just before she makes the jump 26.4 years is and (ii) the age of a brother just after she makes the jump is 45.6 years.

09

Determine the return trip time in earth years and the expected age of a brother at their reunion:

(h)

It will take another of earth time for the return. Hence, the brother鈥檚 age will be,

Age of a brother = (45.6 years) + (5.4 years)

Age of a brother= 51 years

On comparing the above result to part (a), the age of a brother is exactly the same.

Therefore, the time required to return back is 5.4 years and the expected age of a brother at their reunion is 51 years.

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